Fla. Supreme Court to Hear 2nd Irvin Appeal
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January 23, 1953

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Sharkey-Issaquena Line Consolidated School District Desegregation Plan, 1969. a7d9c05b-cf67-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3b98089a-8211-40db-9aea-51793410872f/sharkey-issaquena-line-consolidated-school-district-desegregation-plan. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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MAM O NTQMDT AMM ANTITDM & MM C MM Ly hol Bi a) DISTRICT SORRY ND TTT CATITIITDN T\TOMDTAM AT Y COTDDDT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI : TE ‘al mTID hy & “re "TY me Wid 1 LRN DIVISION JEREMIAH BLACKWELL, JR., ET AL PLAINTIFFS THE SHARKEY-ISSAQUENA LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL DEFENDANT, AL ENDA AN LO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AMICUS CURIAE SCHOOL PLAN FOR DESEGREGATION Now comes the Board of Trustees of the Sharkey-Issaquena Line Consolidated School District, by its attorney, and submits the fol- D wn 0 lowing school plan for the desegregation of its schools for the school year 1969-1970, according to the requirements of cisional law, pursuant to the Order of this Court dated July 31 1. The Issaquena Elementary School, composed of grades 1-6 and heretofore attended by 155 Negro students and no white students, will be closed. The 155 Negro students who would have attended this school winder. freedom of choice and 6 Negro teachers will be as- signed to the Fielding Wright Elementary School. M1 " 3 . AL WE Lee DI SI, PRINT BE A Be BE RE BL PIS i pm 2. The racial composition of the Fielding Wright Elementary CG rlvrmnT i met 1 on nares 7 i TA. Sar WERE ll 0 NT, ry NY rao i fe ) NO, School will then be as follows: White-54.18%; Negro-45.82%. » m1 rR a Te ERR Va Baal IL Vinal I Sl TO BURR a Es, SERRE ST I le 3 ihe projected enro..ment in the } Leldling Wr ight Liementary o Mid School by grade will be as follows: i * a ~ ~ - — " ous = w ns \ d e t 3 * v] - Fd : . a ped om, rf ns iW) & ny 2 A ny - - 3 3 Pl J tia f o 5 3 ] = Fo zy 2 4 i d 5 \ § rs i Ul i i ow so § i ay U H § 3) bs i CS — o N ~, ~J § og A ) $ 3 ( = ) oe t N ot “ X f Dad bid tf 3 avoid c e N N eid ~ ~ : r + % } J 8) L i g a L i g } C ) t L S i 12 et Ld Sed eo § 1 ¢ ™ 7 3 : ~ \ ~ L a } «pod 3 — . > . - $ o> . 2 o S “3 av ” Q ~ E2 P i 4 K oz ad “oF 0; ” - 2 N 4 - } sad 2 wf a dua ~~ a { F S ». > < td ® a s eed - wl 2 3 -~p a ~~ y | - £3 > N 3 of < i — - . wo : rl § wd Al idl boi § - . 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Sel Nei : ioht RR MA CN SN i Te ANE eo oa bE OlIered at ellney I ielc aing Wr Lelie ALCNAancCe Or wie nd ucational SEeTVICES : ore Pr 11 end trl anti rr a ty tI ry oy re rv UCTILET 10 aii students in the Jdisirict, 9 1 £4 ~ J Si § Wy 34 ~ry 1 ONT QQ [2 INTO 8 NT} Lot ® 1 Two quaiiried pecial aU Cation teachers nave beer Yl ern] ployed: white and 1 Negro. Q Students ha 1%. ; ok] a hied oT: ioe Fa taaernts ye already been scx eened, and the results show that - . vhite atiidente and 0) N or] Qi en Te iT yi hile Ye o wille students and ou | eg students in the district who are eligible = ~1a1 BA [OT oDheclal aucation. mh rm ri ATT Furey 2 ror rT PAR A HY tt he Stary aA er rms nt AT vr to Line Sp cClal aucatlion prograin will DC expanded as rapidly as qua.ililed eachners Can pe secure or as other ieacners In ite SY stem can trained to become certified to teach Special Education. Vv UL 1 Ae *O( 1 ~~ Lou Li CU N) Lie OA gt fav 4.78 11 1 4- I’ RialAld3mwoa Ww evlhvdr Crh 117 ovr rd a 10 11 ann 19 +al-iney All students at Fielding Wright School in grades 10,11 and 12 taking of ~~} IV L . - © ational subjects, except Home Economics and Mechanical Dr al Try vt iore] tz Trcic at Lai eny VAI An vm on ~vsryd tO attend those C.asses ar nent y weatilers SCNOO0I . rm ine 65-1909 sch Subjects, PRrTUR. J BO | oJ ilci, and The - 3 ana alii rawing, re were 25 white students and 200 Negro students during th at fee on to u'] tills NuUIr Tay ar ars ol om 2 EA Sl +. Pei a Sg i vn 3 a Nur se' S Aid EF Program wil: continue at.ine Sharkey-Issaqt lena 1 1 + AF x71 2 ~ 111 ~An Nf TO ONT 1Iper or waite SLUUCIILS 1S expe rat Cl] PR. Feat da virves n+ TY memory YAZ ows TT cas oy Leg AT aa 001 Year 1n atiendance at rienry weatilers oChnool 10 fm J Ae ~ Ne ted to incre y. ase, cS | 1 SL RP NEP TRE RR. 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